The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-08-11
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fail offcnsn IN Washington.
a AsIx-rooT nine husband and a four-foot
wife amuse Upper Neck, N. j.
A GOLD piece OF Tiberius Caesar has
been found at Canterbury, Eng
NEW omEASs is considered the best
melon market In the United States
PAnis will soon behold the Wild West
show and our immortal Buffalo Bill.
A nEcEST Government sale OF smueglod
opium In San Francisco brought eI6, 500.
RrssELL HAoE has no children. His only
heir Is p.ncphew well advanced In years.
THE Irish faxtradc Is said To be In
more favorable condition than since 1881.
TIM late John Taylor the Mormon pres.
idcnt, left eight wives and many children.
A PAmslAS genius has Invented an sop
tomciern which win detect woman's
age.
M1SGIR MITCHELL has the finest collcc-
iion Of diamonds Of any actress on the
stage
PARSEII wears several elaborate rings
prosenielto him while no was in Kilmain.
ham jail
win two or three exceptions, this
years eropof novels is unusually barren
In interest
Ex-MAroR Jorqr, of st. Louis, in cnt-
ting melon, slipped and nearly slithis
sons nose on,
Tuna are forty jew millionalres In Now
York. The richest is Max We'll, who is
rated at ts0DOco
plnNrroTASTs arc put IN the watering
carts in Boston by order OF the Public
Safety Department
Az eleven years old girl o. Missaukee
County, Mich, Is SIX feet tall already aud
growing like weed
A iISn OF steamers is about 70 be est,b-
lishrd ON the Suwanee. river, the Florida
stream 30 famed Ia song,
'rnE Treasury Department decides that
waste baskets are dullable WHAT'S now
nccdcdis tariff on poems
TuERr are two ministers in the Fifticth
Congress Stewart, Of Georgia, and No
kinney, o. New Hampshire,
TnE nilh annual meeting Of tho Ameri.
can Forestry Congress viii ba held In
Springfield, H., September u, 10 and 10.
OWN The grave Of a baseball player in
Western town are simply his name and
tho wurds lie Made a Clean Home. Run 3
In, OWES, cf Marine City. Mich, has In.
vented n hot-air process which is said 10
reduce tho cost OF salt manufacture % per
cont
IL Iowa whisky Ia furnished In flask,
which arc made 10 initiate books, aud or
the back is the title "Rcycries Of a Bach
elorM
A M,nL,Np lady defends herself fni
the sse ot her hustle by saying that sh,
isn't responsible for what goes on behiad
her back.
Mns pfRRr. widow of commodorf
Perry, Tho hero of Lake Erie. Is iiv,ng al
ktratford Conn, In good health and spirits
for an old lady.
a snarwn Indian near Kansas city has
become rich by real estate Investments,
His name Is Matthias splitlos, and he can
neither read nor write
To TuEHoycl colnrs invented for wnncn's
clothes Of "crushcd strawberry and
whipped cream has been added the
color Of 'slappcd baby
ANKw yoaK actress has fallon hoiI 70
aquaricr ofa million dollars II Is bctlor
sometimes 10 fall heir 10 . fortune than "
Is 10 lose ouc's diamonds.
JrFFEnsoN DAVIS ahd General Thomas L.
Clingman, OF North irollna, are the only
surviving cx-Scnators who left the Senate
10 engage In the rebellion.
1uE Berlin 7agbian alleges that Boulnng.
or is intriguing with Russia to obtain con
troll in Fralice, and predicts an carly state
OF anarchy In that country
ON the Pacific Coast OF Mexico and Cen
ttWi America, there are iM specics Of
fishes, Of these scventy-onc species are
found on the Atlantic Coast.
JonN ALLEN, OF Maine, or ..Sanip meet
ing John,n who Is ninciy.two years OF
age, is attending his three hundred aud
soventy-third camp-inceling
Ak interesting paper In current pert
odical is called Books that ,Havn Helped
Me-" Strangely enough, the author docs
not mention the pockct-book
THERE Is white oak tree in Gilman,
Pierce County. Wis, that is twcnty-one
feet in circumference. II is tho largest
tree in that part OF the State.
In the same pew in church nj Des Moines,
H.. sit each Sabbath day two women, one
Of whom Is tho widow OF four minister's,
tho other the widow Of three ministers.
ATExAs editor who advertised that he
would take country produce for subscrip-
tions, was tondcrcd couple of wildcats in
box, but he Indignantly drew the limo at
wildcats.
IF you were to take up all the railroads
on the earth and tic them together you
would have double iron band which
would wrap around this terrestrial bal
eight times.
o. Q. LIBBY, a cattle dealer OF Burnham,
Me-, has travelled 100000 miles by raj
without meeting with an accident Hs
has sold 100000 worth Of cattle In this
last few years.
A YEAR old babe fell from the fifth story
OF New York tenement TO the pavement
below without sustaining serious injury.
Now, II bridge jumping cranks want to
beat the record, let them go o New York
and duplicate the baby's leap.
The first instance of brevit promotion
In our service was the bespwal OF the
brevet rank Of Major for gallant conduct
during the war Of 1912, in te Indian as
sault on Fort Harrison, upn Zachary
Taylor, then First LioutenaT OF Seventh
Infantry.
REAR-ADMIRAL FRANKLIN, 7 the United
States navy, is 10 retire ADJUST "a, after
forty-hve years. efficient scrce. He was
present at the demonstration against
Monterey in ls47.
THE Princess Pignatale Is ,w waiter
girl in second-class vicnh cafe. She
quarreled with her noble flatives last
winter, aud tried life in lndon music
hall for brief period.
A YOUNG man in jackson, Ms, is eating
peaches OF a tree that grew pm sprout
with which his mother "cfected" him
years ago, He stuck the wig in the
ground and II grew right aloE.